Shirt-cuff.



G. W. WOOD.

SHIRT CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 1912.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (0.. WASHINGTON u. c.

GEORGE W. WOOD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SHIRT-CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 15, 1912. Serial No. 671,233.

1 P) eff whom it may concern Be it known that l, Gnouon lV. lVoon, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county ofMarion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain useful Shirt-Cuff;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a detachable cuff for shirtsleeves and the like, which has the appearance of an attached cuff orintegral with the sleeve.

In addition to the foregoing there is the further object of providing anarrangement for the very easy and quick placing and removal of the cuffand for safely and satisfactorily holding the cuff when in place.

The nature of the invention will be understood froin the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a shirtsleeve with the cuff in place thereon. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one endof the shirt sleeve and the band thereon with the cuff removed. Fig. 3is the same as Fig. 1, showing the cuff while it is being put on theshirt sleeve.

There is shown in the d'awings a shirt sleeve 10 having a band 11stitched thereto and said band has its ends provided with button holes12 for a button 13. The ends of the band 11, when buttoned, are placedagainst each other so as to be eoterminous and not to overlap and sothat the band when thus buttoned, will not be round as it is when theends overlap each other. The ends of the band 11 are provided with a V-shaped notch 1 f suitably stitched so as to be strong and projectinginwardly and located preferably near the outer edge of the band. Thuswhen the band is buttoned and secured as above explained, the notches ofthe two ends will register with each other and thus the two ends of theband fitting flat against each othe' and held by the button 13, willform a rigid structure, when laundried, and are provided with thenotches 11 so as to leave near the outer edge projections 15, as seen inFig. 2.

The cuff 16 has in each end button holes 17 through which cuff buttons18 extend, said cuff 16 being arranged in the same posi tion as the band11 when fastened. The cuff has no other holes through it than the onefor the cuff button 18, as it is not fastened to the band of the shirtsleeve by any button. The button 13 fits only in the sleeve band and thebutton 18 only in the cuff. No button goes through both the cuff and thesleeve band, but the cuff is held in position by the notch 141: with theprojection 15 on the outer side and the projection on the inner side,and also by reason of the cuff being a comparatively snug fit on theband 11. The sleeve band is made relatively large so as tofit snugly inthe cuff. The buttoned end of the cuff is first put in place with thecuff button projecting through the notch l l of the sleeve band and thenthe upper part of the cuff is pressed back over the band and therelative size of the cuff and band should be such that some little forcewould be required to push the upper part of the cuff back over the band,in the position shown in Fig. 1. The tight fit thus resulting will holdthe cuff in place so that it would not rattle and it would not come off.Of course, the lower part cannot come off on account of the projection15 of the sleeve band and the upper part should fit snug enough so thatthe cuff would not escape from the band. When it is desired to removethe cuff, the upper part is forcibly drawn outwardly to the positionshown in Fig. 3, and then it can fall away from the notched side of thesleeve band. This makes the cuff readily attachable and detachable andfirmly holds it in place while it is being worn and it is very readilydetached be cause it is not necessary to insert the cuff button throughthe sleeve band and since the sleeve band is the same shape as the cuffand they both lie tightly together, they have the appearance and feelingof an integral cuff C(HlStl'lICtlOll. By placing the cuff buttonholescentrally, the cuff readily reversible.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of a sleeve band having at its ends opposite buttonholes whereby said ends may be united so that they will be flush witheach other and corresponding V-shaped notches in the ends of said band,and a cuff adapted to fit snugly on said band and provided with oppositebutton-holes in the ends thereof and midway between the edges of thecult so that the cuff button which extends through the button holes willalso extend through the notches in the ends of said sleeve band.

2. The combination of a sleeve band having at its ends opposite buttonholes Wherein the ends of the band near the outer edge 0 by said endsmay be united so that they will of the band.

he flush with each other and corresponding In testimony whereof, I havehereunto notches in the ends of said band, and a cufi affixed mysignature in the presence of the adapted to fit snugly on said band andpro- Witness herein named.

vided with opposite button holes through GEORGE WV. WOOD. its ends sothat the cuff button which eX- Witnesses:

tends through said button holes Will also G. H. Bomn,

extend through the corresponding notches O. M. MQLAUGHLIN.

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